I don’t think MS comes right out and says it but I’ll bet that no a single MVP will recommend not putting SQL on the CM server.
This is as close as I can find to a “recommendation” https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh846235.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt589500.aspx From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johns, Damon (DoJ) Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 10:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Configuration Manager Local SQL Best Practice Documentation Hi Everyone, Can anyone point me to the Microsoft TechNet documentation where they recommend that SQL be installed locally where a Primary Site has 50,000 clients or less? I’ve found a couple of blogs where people mentioned this but nothing specific from Microsoft. I’ve also found a number of blogs where MVP’s strongly recommend this, but again nothing from Microsoft directly or the Configuration Manager team. There must be something out there!? Cheers Damon ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer.

